6 edition of The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay found in the catalog.
The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Published
2005
by RB Large Print in Prince Frederick, MD
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Originally published: New York : Random House, 2000.
| Statement | Michael Chabon. |
| Genre | Fiction. |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | 966 p. (large print) ; |
| Number of Pages | 966 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL23000351M |
| ISBN 10 | 1419339591 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 60566144 |
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Joe Kavalier had an air of competence, of faith in his own abilities, that Sammy, by means of constant effort over the whole of his life, had finally learned only to fake. ” ― Michael Chabon, quote from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon has created a hero for the century.
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The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay is a great American novel about two cousins whose talents, fevered dreams and crazy obsessions make them legends during the Golden Era of comic books. Magician-in-training Josef Kavalier escapes Czechoslovakia in and is taken in by his aunt and his scrappy cousin Sammy Klayman, who live in Brooklyn/5.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Summary. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon, is a novel about two cousins who embark on a comic-book venture during the.
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I just finished the book--a book that is without a doubt one of my favourite in a long time. I'm wondering if anyone else found the ending even slightly ambiguous. I know the final paragraph says Sammy left the card in lieu of a farewell, suggesting he is gone.
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Author: Chabon, Michael Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; A Novel Publication: New York: Random House (), Edition: First edition Description: First ver.
8vo. [14],[5] pp. Speckled ivory boards bound in ivory cloth, gold lettering to Rating: % positive. BOOK THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY: MICHAEL CHABON Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City.
His Brooklyn cousin Sa.
